Fireworks end bicentennial celebration of Masonic heritage
Published 10:39 pm Friday, July 27, 2018
People watch fireworks over the Mississippi River from the Bridge of Sighs Friday night. The light show ended a two-day celebration commemorating the bicentennial of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
People watch fireworks over the Mississippi River from the Bridge of Sighs Friday night. The light show ended a two-day celebration commemorating the bicentennial of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Fireworks spread color across the Mississippi River sky in 2018. (File photo / The Natchez Democrat)
People line the Natchez bluff to see fireworks Friday night. The light show ended a two-day celebration commemorating the bicentennial of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
People watch fireworks from the Bridge of Sighs Friday night. The light show ended a two-day celebration commemorating the bicentennial of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
People watch fireworks over the Mississippi River from the Bridge of Sighs Friday night. The light show ended a two-day celebration commemorating the bicentennial of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — Masons celebrated the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi with fireworks over the Mississippi River. The Grand Lodge of Mississipi was originally forged July 27, 1818, in Natchez from separate lodges of Tennessee and Kentucky. The fireworks ended a day of celebration that included a reenactment and banquet at the Natchez Convention Center Friday night. The show was enjoyed by the masons and other people who line both sides of the river Friday night.
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